Apple surprised everyone today, announcing a plastic, marginally cheaper iPhone known as the iPhone 5c, as well as an upgrade to its flagship phone, to be known as the iPhone 5s. Both phones will be available on September 20 in Australia.

Did I say surprised everyone? I meant to say it didn’t surprise a soul. The existence of a plastic phone called the iPhone 5c was just one of the many secrets that Apple hasn’t been able to keep in the lead-up to today’s launch.

Similarly unsurprising is the existence of the iPhone 5s, the fact that it will have a fingerprint scanner known as “Touch ID", which can be used to unlock the phone, hidden behind a sapphire crystal home button, and the fact it will have a new, champagne colour option.

Indeed, almost everything in today’s announcement was leaked in the past weeks and months. One of the less-leaked parts of the announcement was a new camera for the iPhone 5s, which will have a new lens and a new image sensor with bigger pixels, similar to what HTC did with the camera on its One phone.

Also aping the Android phones, the new iPhone camera will take multiple shots at the one time, and choose the best picture for you. The phone will also have a new flash which, unusually, adjusts its colour temperature to the colour temperature of the ambient light.

The fact that the iPhone 5s will have a new, 64-bit processor – which Apple claims is the first 64-bit processor ever put into a phone – was also leaked prior to the launch.

One big surprise is how much more expensive the iPhone 5s will be, compared to the iPhone 5. The 16GB model will retail for $869, compared to $799 for the iPhone 5. The 32GB and 64GB models will be $999 and $1129, respectively, compared to $899 and $999 for the models they replace.

Another big surprise is the cost of the 5c, which certainly doesn’t stand for “cheap". The 16GB model will be $739 and the 32GB model will be $869. Huh? Wasn’t this supposed to be the phone for developing markets? Apparently not. Not unless it’s priced very differently in other markets.